Although a potent and effective fighting force that has had many
impressive victories against ISIS, the YPG have been completely inept on
the political spectrum and understanding geopolitics. Foolishly they
assumed they could march their away across northern Syria without any
repercussions because of their alliance with imperialist Washington who
are are operating illegally in Syria. They were soon stabbed in the back
with Washington favoring to appease Ankara who have been warming their
relations with NATO-rival Russia.

The refusal of Biden to allow the YPG to connect its Afrin canton to
its areas of control east and just west of the Euphrates demonstrates a
Washington backstabbing the YPG and no longer pursuing a policy of a
united “Kurdistan” in Syria.
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.Turkey’s intervention in Syria makes no difference to the Syrian
government as the land being taken by the Turkish Islamist proxies is
just transferring it from one enemy’s hand, to another. But it has
blocked any attempt for the YPG to create a “Rojava”. The Syrian
government may have been willing to support the YPG against this double
pronged aggression it now faces as it has done in the past where it
provided arms and air support to the YPG, but it is unimaginable this
could transpire when one considers the aggression the Asayish and YPG
committed in Hasakah against the NDF unprovoked.

The
Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said on Thursday its forces taking part in
an operation to capture the city of Manbij from Islamic State had
returned to their bases after the mission was successfully completed.

The
U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State separately said the "main
element" of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)alliance, which includes
the YPG, had moved east across the Euphrates river, which they had
crossed in order to capture Manbij.

U.S.
Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Syrian Kurdish forces
must return to the east of the Euphrates into territory they hold after
seizing Manbij. Turkey has demanded that Kurdish forces withdraw. It
said on Thursday Kurdish fighters must retreat east of the river within a
week.

In
a statement, the YPG said military command and all YPG-held positions
had been handed to the allied Manbij Military Council, while civilian
control was handed to a civilian council on Aug. 15.